This would be my nightmare

[jacket24]

Not sure if this has been posted yet, but apparently the Carnegie Mellon Computer Science program sent out acceptance letters to the wrong students. See the link below for details:

 

http://newsfeed.gawker.com/worlds-best-computer-science-program-tells-wrong-studen-1686290968

 

As if the whole process and waiting in agony isn't cruel enough...

[Crucial BBQ]

I have heard this happens from time to time, but never on such a large scale.  In my opinion CMU should do the right thing and at least work with those applicants to see if they cannot come to some sort of agreement.  A year's supply of Heinz ketchup would be nice.  Or tickets to a Stillers game of their choosing.  Or perhaps offering them a guaranteed spot during the next cycle. 

[jacket24]

I have heard this happens from time to time, but never on such a large scale.  In my opinion CMU should do the right thing and at least work with those applicants to see if they cannot come to some sort of agreement.  A year's supply of Heinz ketchup would be nice.  Or tickets to a Stillers game of their choosing.  Or perhaps offering them a guaranteed spot during the next cycle. 

 

I think ketchup reparation is probably the most likely of those scenarios. Apparently it affected (read: devastated) around 800 applicants. 

Edited February 18, 2015 by jacket24

[BeatrizBear]

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/apr/01/local/me-ucsd-reject1

 

UC San Diego's error was worse. They once wrongly accepted several thousand students.